2018 01 22: KRG leaders meets with top Iranian officials in Tehran. Prime Minister Barzani met with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani who expressed his government’s desire to further develop trade and economic ties between the two sides.

2018 01 21: KRG Prime Minister Barzani met with the Iraqi Prime Minister al-Abadi. Political and security developments in the region and resolution of outstanding issues on the basis of the Iraqi Constitution were discussed.

2018 01 16: The first report by the international auditing company, Deloitte, is released. The report, which includes verified numbers of export and sales of oil in the Kurdistan Region for the first six months of 2017, is available to the public.

2018 01 15: Delegations from the Iraqi federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government met in Erbil to discuss airport operations, management of border crossings, operation of dams, and other areas of concern.

2018 01 03: KRG Spokesperson Safeen Dizayee responded to the statements of Iraqi Prime Minister Mr. Haider al-Abadi. The Iraqi PM mentioned a number of topics related to the production rate and sales of the Kurdistan Region’s oil, salaries, and other issues related to the Kurdistan Region.

2018 01 01: Passengers, airlines, cargo companies, travel agencies and other provider and users of different services have been compelled to either cancel their businesses and plans or adopt far more expensive, inefficient and risky solutions. Moreover, closure of the airports has created an immediate and significant impact on the delivery of humanitarian assistance to thousands of internally displaced Iraqis and Syrian refugees in need of urgent assistance in the Kurdistan Region and neighboring provinces.

2018 01 03: The KRG welcomes the signs and steps taken by Baghdad last week, such as a visit by an Iraqi government delegation to the Kurdistan Region, calling for the formation of a joint commission to hold talks regarding border points, airports and dams in the Kurdistan Region.

2017 12 29: In the last meeting in 2017, the Council welcomed the Federal Government’s initiative to form technical committees to discuss ways to resolve mutual issues, including public employees’ salaries.

2017 12 10: KRG Ministry of Peshmerga Statement regarding the speech of Iraqi Premierminister Haider al-Abadi about the military defeat of ISIS in which he did not mention the achievement and support of the Peshmerga who were decisive in the defeat against the Islamic State.

2017 12 07: KRG Ministry of Peshmerga Statement regarding the speech of Iraqi Premierminister Haider al-Abadi in which he compared the defeat of the Islamic State with the military action against the Kurds in the disputed areas as response to the Independence Referendum.

2017 12 07: KRG Spokesperson Safeen Dizayee responds to the latest press conference of the Iraqi Primeminister Haider Al-Abadi. In this statement border crossings, the flight ban and the political developments are the main topics.

2017 11 27: Spokesperson of the KRG, Safeen Dizayee, explained in a statement that all unfair, punitive measures by the Iraqi Federal Government and Parliament against the people and government of the Kurdistan Region taken in reaction to the independence referendum must be lifted.

2017 11 02: KRG Council of Ministers statement on Iraq’s 2018 draft federal Budget Bill. The KRG Council of Ministers requests the Federal Iraqi Council of Ministers not to approve the draft bill of Iraq’s 2018 budget without the KRG’s participation.